The 1st Training on the project KNOWinFOOD was finalised with a student’s Conference and a contest, coordinated by the project manager, Ion Dan Mironescu. The entire activity during the practical training was judged by a commission formed by members of all three components of the Knowledge triangle: – TEAMWORK in the lab was appreciated...

A mini-workshop called ”Innovative techniques for the encapsulation of essential oils from aromatic plants” was organised by Cecilia Georgescu (ULB Sibiu, specialist in Food Chemistry) in the chemical lab of the Faculty ASFIEP. Students learned to obtain microcapsules from alginate with essential oils from different plants. Students worked in small teams and each team...

A mini-workshop called ”Use of sustainable resources at the obtaining innovative foods” was organised by Monica Mironescu (ULB Sibiu, specialist in confectionery and sweets) together with Cornelia Dostetan Abalaru, PhD Eng. (Apilife Romania, specialised on honey-based products). The workshop was oriented on realising innovation by using honey (sustainable resource and traditional food) and chocolate...

Practical activity continued in the Day 4 of the Training. More recipes were tested. The final recipes and the technology were established and both teams obtained the final products, namely cozonac and bread enriched with fibres. The products were characterised in terms of textural characteristics, flavour and aroma, external and crumb aspect. All students,...

The practical activity, called ”Innovative foods development based on traditional products and using sustainable resources” started. The main trainers were Lecturer Dr. Eng. Mihai Ognean (ULB Sibiu) and Eng. Hupert Alexandru (Supremia). As established during the on-line training, the students worked in two teams, team blue and team green. Each team started with the...

The official Opening ceremony took place at the Academic Centre ULBS. All T1 members participated to the ceremony, together with staff from the University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu (represented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Daniela Preda, director of the Foreign Academic Affairs Department) and from the Faculty of ASFIEP (represented by Prof. Dr. Eng....

Training 1 started with the mini-workshop ”Product development and project management”, organised by Ion Dan Mironescu (ULB Sibiu, specialist in Integrated Production Systems). During the workshop, students learned how to realise effective project planning and control as valuable tools for product development and decision making. A case study on steps required for the designing...